Smoke Free NOW coalition meeting next Wednesday, 03/11/09 at Noon at Bohn's

Please join us at our next meeting; please call (585-815-1871) or email (clewis@gcasa.org ) if you plan to attend:

TIME: Noon-1:15pm

DATE: Wednesday, March 11 , 2009

PLACE: Bohn’s Restaurant
5256 Clinton St., Batavia, NY
(585) 344-1543 Chris’ cell: 585-409-0514


Attached are some of our current activities. We hope to see you there. Chris

Partial list of activities

February and March 2009

1. We sent out a mailing to about 85 municipalities asking them to pass a resolution encouraging tobacco retailers to reduce, rearrange, or eliminate tobacco advertising–we will follow up with calls. Last year’s mailing resulted in NINE municipal resolutions!

2. We are sending out invitations to about 70 individuals, businesses and organizations who will be given awards at our Recognition Event 4-28-09

3. We are sending out invitations to about 500 guests for Recognition Event 4-28-09

4. We will be calling elected officials to ask them to attend Recognition Event 4-28-09

5. We have had one more mailing for the ASP campaign and are following up with calls (ASP = Advertising Sponsorship and Promotion)

6. We have a POP (Point Of Purchase) campaign with radio ads and direct mailing that encourage parents and others to urge tobacco retailers to reduce, rearrange, or eliminate tobacco advertising–we will follow up with calls/visits to retailers.

7. On the website http://www.smokefreehousingny.org , landlords can now list their smokefree housing for free. This is now linked to the Smoke Free NOW website, www.smokefreenow.org.

8. We are preparing a survey of 336 landlords (about 1/3 of those in Genesee, Orleans, and Wyoming) determine opinions about smoke free apartments and to find those who are interested creating a written smoke free policy for their units.